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Society Rock was in his pomp, gave him extra appeal. He also POSTHUMOUS HONOUR raced successfully beyond his 3-year-old season, as all stallions should. FOR SOCIETY ROCK Society Rock's haul of ,826,138 in progeny earnings puts him well clear of his runner-up Dabirsim (Fr), who is thus the leading active freshman in Europe and is something of a rarity in his prominent position in this table having started his stud career in Germany. I'm still a little traumatised at having been driven halfway across continental Europe by William Huntingdon and Liam Norris to see Dabirsim in his former home at Gestut Karlshof and not being allowed to stop for dinner until we returned to France (circa 11pm) owing to William's dislike of German food. That is now all but forgotten, if not forgiven, following the son of Hat Trick (Jpn)'s rather tasty start to his second career. An outstanding juvenile in his year, Dabirsim is now a little more accessible to breeders outside Germany, having moved to Normandy's Haras de Grandcamp in 2016, but he has leapt from Unfortunately=s win in the Prix Morny helped seal the first season his four-year fee of i9,000 to i30,000. That hike came on the stallion title for the late Society Rock | Scoop Dyga back of a season which saw him sire 18 winners from his 54 runners, including the G3 Albany S. winner and Group 1-placed Different League (Fr), whose dramatically contrasting sales By Emma Berry returns started with her making i8,000 as a foal when sold to It's never good news when a stallion dies before his time, but Con Marnane, followed by a 1.5 million gns transaction earlier the loss of Society Rock (Ire) to laminitis in May 2016 at the age this month. Aidan O'Brien will be at the helm for her 3-year-old of just nine now seems a particularly cruel blow. career. The dual Group 1-winning sprinter raced on until he was six, so The most promising start for a British-based stallion was made he wasn't received at Tally-Ho Stud until he was a 7-year-old and by Havana Gold (GB), the fast and good-looking son of Teofilo he covered 163 mares in his first season at a fee of i8,000. The (Ire), whose 24 winners this term at a strike-rate of 35% will resultant members of his first crop have paid their late sire a have brought plenty of smiles to the faces of Sheikh Fahad, handsome tribute on the racecourse this season, making him David Redvers and the team at Tweenhills. The super-tough the leading first-season sire in Europe with 28 winners from 80 Havana Grey (GB) has been his flagbearer with two Listed wins runners, led by the G1 Prix Morny hero Unfortunately (Ire). and victory in the G3 Molecomb S., and he has twice finished A bloodstock journalist should not admit to favourites in print, runner-up in Group 1 company, including to his stablemate at and most people who know of my dangerously expensive and Karl Burke's Middleham yard, Unfortunately. Cont. p2 largely unsuccessful preoccupation with stayers will be surprised to hear me confess to a soft spot for the near-black sprinter. But I loved Society Rock. He wasn't a particularly impressive physical IN TDN AMERICA TODAY specimen and he was a bit of a monkey most mornings on Newmarket Heath while in training with one of the town's best DADDYS LIL DARLING GETS HER GRADE I and still strangely under-rated trainers, James Fanshawe. The Runner-up in the GI Ashland S. and GI Kentucky Oaks on the dirt fact that Society Rock was by a similarly under-rated stallion in earlier this term, Daddys Lil Darling (Scat Daddy) finally earned a coveted top-level success in Saturday’s GI American Oaks at Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) and that he carried the distinctive 1919 Santa Anita. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Derby-winning colours of Lord Glanely inherited by his descendant Simon Gibson, who was well into his 80s by the time TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER, 2017
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Havana Gold is also the sire of Headway (GB), beaten just a nose by Rajasinghe (Ire) in the G2 Coventry S., and G3 Curragh S. winner Treasuring (GB), who has now been transferred from Ger Lyons to Simon Callaghan in California. It sounds crazy to say that a horse with the class of treble Classic winner Camelot (GB) is something of a surprise package among this year's freshmen but he is when considering how much he has achieved already.
Dabirsim | Haras de Grandcamp In Germany, the freshman title went to Reliable Man (GB), the Classic-winning son of Dalakhani (Ire) who has also made a Yes, he has covered big books so had more ammunition than promising start with two crops of southern hemisphere runners. many of his contemporaries, but most people in the business He may only have sired two winners in Germany but they were would perhaps have expected him to be a slower burner. As it is, both Group winners--Erasmus (Ger) and Narella (Ger)--meaning Camelot's 20 first-crop winners, the G2 Criterium de that he finished ahead of Gestut Fahrhof's Maxios (GB), who Maisons-Laffitte winner Fighting Irish (Ire) among them, give sired three winners in his home country but nine across Europe, good reason to hope that we'll be reading plenty more about reflecting the breadth of his support from breeders in Britain, these rising 3-year-olds in 2018. Red Jazz (23), Lethal Force (Ire) Ireland and France. Cont. p4 (25) and Epaulette (Aus) (23) each sired plenty of individual winners, while Declaration Of War was represented by the G3 Anglesey S. winner Actress (Ire) and the useful Olmedo (Ire), who was runner-up to Happily (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. The British and Irish table closely reflects the European statistics bar Dabirsim, who of course led all newcomers in France. Style Vendome (Fr) took third place in France behind Society Rock, siring eight winners from 31 runners in the country, with Camelot and Intello (Ger) behind him. From a slow start, Intello, who switches between France and England and is now back at Cheveley Park Stud, was responsible for 11 winners, including the Listed scorer Sonjeu (Fr). There should be more to come from his first 3-year-olds next season. There should be a lot more to come from Camelot=s 3-year-olds in 2018 | Racing Post TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER, 2017
Posthumous Honour for Society Rock cont. Reliable Man is another on the move from Germany this season and will join Haras de Thenney on his return from New Zealand. A similar switch is also being made by Maxios's former companion at Fahrhof, Pastorius (Ger), who is the sire of five first-crop winners and has moved to Haras de la Hetraie. Ballyhane's Red Jazz had 13 individual winners in Italy, making him the leading first-season sire in that country ahead of Most Improved (Ire) on eight.
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Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] The late Rapper Dragon | Horsephotos Contributing Editor Alan Carasso As the TDN=s resident Hong Kong afficionado, I couldn=t help Twitter: @EquinealTDN but land on Rapper Dragon, who treated fans all over the world Cafe Racing to one virtuoso performance after the next in early 2017 before Sean Cronin suffering a cruel fate just when he was ready to truly announce Tom Frary his presence as an elite international galloper. [email protected] Group 1-placed at two in Australia when conditioned by Gai Waterhouse, Rapper Dragon took a few starts to acclimatise to Irish Correspondent Hong Kong racing, but when he knocked off future G1 Longines Daithi Harvey Hong Kong Mile hero Beauty Only (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) as a 3-year-old (albeit in receipt of loads of weight), Hong Regular Columnists Kong had its Derby favourite fully 9 1/2 months early. Andrew Caulfield Even though his Classic campaign was forestalled by setbacks, John Berry Kevin Blake Rapper Dragon proved that the hype was real when thrashing Tom Peacock his peers in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (video) and when he had >TDN Rising Star= Pakistan Star (Ger) (Shamardal) back in second in the Classic Cup (video). Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER, 2017
TDN Horses of the Year cont. That momentum was built on further this year and having No horse had ever been able to complete the sweep by adding forged successful links with powerful trainers such as Hugo the Hong Kong Derby, but despite some doubts about him Palmer and Charlie Appleby, Gordon has every reason to be seeing out the 2000m trip, the handsome chestnut sat a perfect optimistic for more of the same in the next 12 months. trip, ran to daylight at the quarter pole and outstayed Pakistan The Lesters are sponsored by the Stobart Group and Britain=s Star to make history (video). champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa picked up the gong for Flat Programmed for the G1 Champions Mile and not the G1 QE II Jockey of the Year while Jimmy Fortune, who retired from the Cup, Rapper Dragon defeated Beauty Only in a Group 2 prep in saddle in October, was presented with a special recognition April and was odds-on for the Champions Mile. But Joao Moreira award. Andrew Tinkler, executive director of Stobart Group felt something go wrong just past midway and pulled up Rapper acknowledged the sacrifices jockeys make and commented, Dragon, who was rushed to the on-site equine hospital. He was "The contribution of jockeys to the sport of horse racing is diagnosed with a pelvic fracture, developed >serious hugely valued and we at Stobart are delighted to play a part in complications= and could not be saved. Though techically honouring these fine sporting stars.@ ineligible, Rapper Dragon was rightly and poignantly named Horse of the Year for his efforts. To this day, it is a sad exercise to go to the HKJC website, search Rapper Dragon and see the parenthetical notation >retired= beneath his name. No one can know for sure exactly how far his star could have risen had he been able to train on, but even in a time in Hong Kong that was far too brief, Rapper Dragon managed to leave a lasting legacy.
Josephine Gordon and Hugo Palmer discuss tactics | Racing Post GORDON WINS AT THE LESTERS Josephine Gordon=s achievement of riding 106 winners in 2017 was recognized at the annual Lesters Awards on Friday evening when she was voted Lady Jockey of the Year. Gordon became only the second female jockey to ride 100 winners or more in a season following Hayley Turner=s similar achievement in 2018 and she now has her sights set on 2018 when a fresh set of objectives will be on her agenda. "Part of my goals this year was a listed winner and a group winner and I achieved both," Gordon said after receiving her award. "I'm always setting Sunday, Dec. 31 myself targets. I haven't really sat down yet and thought of next UNITED KINGDOM: year and what my goals are going to be. Obviously in the next Epaulette (Aus) (Commands {Aus}), Kildangan Stud year I'd like to aim to be a top 10 jockey and maybe one day be 104 foals of racing age/23 winners/0 black-type winners champion jockey," she added. Meteoric would be an accurate 12:40-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, OJALA (IRE) way of describing Gordon=s ascent in recent years. Having had a 20,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2016 - Book 2 single winner in 2013, Gordon failed to get on the score sheet in 2014. She got her career back on track in 2015 when riding 16 Society Rock (IRE) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), Tally-Ho Stud winners but took her career to a new level in 2016 when her 122 foals of racing age/29 winners/1 black-type winner winners tally surged to 87. 12:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, GENERAL JACK (IRE) TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER, 2017
First-Season Sires cont.
Swiss Spirit (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Whitsbury Manor Stud 76 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners 12:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, IRISH TIMES (GB) 10,000gns Tattersalls December Foals Sale 2015; ,6,000 Goffs GOLD COAST NEXT FOR PIERATA UK Silver Yearling Sale 2016 The Greg Hickman trained Pierata (Aus) (Pierro {Aus}) was promoted to favouritism for the 3YO Magic Millions Guineas at 12:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, SEA ESS SEAS (IRE) Gold Coast Jan. 13 following his stylish win in the G3 Magic i15,000 Goffs February Mixed Sale 2016; ,10,000 RNA Goffs Millions VO Rogue Plate at Doomben on Saturday. The colt UK Premier Yearling Sale 2016; ,30,000 Goffs UK 2yo Breeze-Up displayed a fine turn of foot to cut down the leader Dinnigan Sale 2017 (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) 100 metres from home and quickly put three lengths daylight between himself and the field to announce his leading credentials for the A$2-Million race in two weeks time. It was a first stakes win for the horse who wore a hood in the preliminaries and after the race his trainer told Racing And Sports, "They [ear muffs] just kept him nice and ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: relaxed before the race. As you saw today Pierata is very smart Colourful Career, g, 3, More Than Ready--Rainbow Luck, by and there is a lot more to come with him." Honour and Glory. LIN, 12-30, 10f (AWT), 2:06.39. B-Three Pierata was bought by his trainer for A$160,000 at the 2016 Chimneys Farm LLC (KY). *$17,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP; 300,000gns Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale from the Kitchwin Hills 2yo >16 TATBRE. draft and should he justify favouritism in the Guineas connections are in line to pick up a cheque for A$1.7m which includes a A$500,000 Summer Crown bonus. EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS Earlier on the Doomben card Darley=s reverse shuttler Epaulette (Aus) was represented by his first stakes winner when the 2-year-old filly Meryl (Aus) won the G3 Magic Millions B.J IN AUSTRALIA: McLachlan S. over six furlongs. Epaulette, who covered his first Singing (Fr), h, 7, Singspiel (Ire)--Ring Beaune, by Bering (GB). book of mares in Australia before transferring to Ireland has Doomben, 12-30, Magic Millions Shoot Out Quality enjoyed a successful first European season with his runners that (,58k/i65k), 2200mT, 2:17.71. B-Wertheimer et Frere. *1/2 has yielded 23 individual winners. Meryl cost A$150,000 as a to Special Ring (Nureyev), GISW-US, MSW & GSP-Fr, $915,023; yearling and given she is owned by a syndicate of females the and Celebrissime (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), MSW-Fr, $337,917. Lee Curtis trained filly will run for a share of the A$500,000 **MGSP-Fr, GSP-Ger, SP-Aus. Magic Millions Racing Women bonus which is run in conjunction with the A$2-Million Magic Millions 2YO Classic Jan. 13. IN SAUDI ARABIA: Rosenbaum (GB), g, 5, Dubawi (Ire)--Rave Reviews (Ire) (SW- Eng, G1SP-Ity, $121,037), by Sadler=s Wells. Al Janadriah, 12-30, Crown Prince Cup (NB) (,49k/i56k), 2400m, 2:30.56. B-Newsells Park Stud. *Won by 7 1/2 lengths. **,15,000 HRA >16 GOFMAY. VIDEO
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FIFTEEN GO TO POST FOR RAILWAY Mutrib (Aus), c, 3, Street Cry (Ire)--Dane Belltar (Aus) (SW & MG1SP-Aus, A$346,320), by Danewin (Aus). Turffontein, The G1 Sistema Railway S. at Ellerslie in New Zealand on 12-30, Maiden Plate, 1400mT, 1:26.78. O-Al Adiyaat South Monday kicks off the top level action for 2018 and a field of 15 Africa (Pty) Ltd; B-Mill Park & S Bennetts (SA); T-Mike de Kock. sprinters will go to post for the 1200m event. Last year=s winner *1ST START WIN. **1/2 to Tanby (Aus) (Galileo {Ire}), MGSW Start Wondering (NZ) (Eighth Wonder {NZ}) lines up again to & G1SP-Aus, A$1,101,295; Fawkner (Aus) (Reset {Aus}), defend his crown and following his victory in the race twelve MG1SW-Aus, A$3,851,751; and Viking Star (Aus) (Red months ago he added to his Group 1 tally when winning the G1 Ransom), GSP-Aus, A$144,910. ***A$300,000 Ylg >16 INGEAS. NRM Sprint at Te Rapa in February. Two unsuccessful starts then followed at the top level in Australia before the gelding took in a IN NEW ZEALAND: six month spell before reappearing with an encouraging second Spanish Whisper (Aus), f, 2, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Cutting Remark in a listed race at Otaki Dec. 1. He warmed up further when (Aus), by Encosta de Lago (Aus). Ellerslie, 12-29, Maiden, running third in a barrier trial at Foxton Dec. 12 and he should 1200mT, 1:10.84. B-Mr D Nakhle, Elias Nakhle, Darren Brady be cherry ripe for a repeat win despite the significant impost of (NSW). *1ST START WIN. VIDEO 59kg which requires him to give up to six kilos to his rivals. Fully I Am Queen (Aus), f, 3, Animal Kingdom--Cat By the Tale (GSW Funded (NZ) (Fully Fledged {NZ}) arrives to the race in good form & GISW-US, $337,256), by Tale of the Cat. Taupo, 12-30, having won a listed race at Pukekohe on his last start Nov. 25 Maiden, 1000mT, :58.39. B-Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd & Cloros but his overall record in stakes company leaves him with a bit to Bloodstock (NSW). *1ST START WIN. **Won by 4 1/4 lengths find. Ferrando (NZ) (Fast >n= Famous {Aus}) is another who has as the 19-10 favourite. **1/2 to Raphael=s Cat (Aus) (Redoute=s been plying his trade at a lower level since winning the G3 Choice {Aus}), GSP-Aus, A$121,550; and Tale of Choice (Aus) Mongolian Khan Trophy at Ellerslie in March but he also arrives (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}), GSP-Aus. ***A$310,000 Ylg >16 in winning form having scored at Te Rapa two weeks ago. MMGCYS. VIDEO
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Obrigado Mais (Aus), g, 5, Husson (Arg)--War Attitude, by El Prado (Ire). Taipa, 12-30, Winter Trophy-G3 (A$98k), 1800mT, 1:48.3. B-Patinack Farm & Mr P Whyte (NSW). *Formerly Boganaire (Aus). **A$105,000 Ylg >14 MMPER. VIDEO
IN QATAR: Off He Goes (Aus), g, 3, Casino Prince (Aus)--Perfectly Stunning (NZ), by Perfectly Ready (Aus). Al Rayyan, 12-30, Maiden, 1850mT, 1:53.49. B-P J Cranitch (Qld). *A$26,000 Ylg >16 MMADE; A$55,000 RNA 2yo >16 MMGC2YO. VIDEO
Start Wondering | Racing And Sports MAC MAHON PROVES TOO CLASSY IN QATAR by Alan Carasso AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS In many ways, Mac Mahon (Ity) (Ramonti {Fr}) exemplifies the allure of international racing--bred in Italy, sired by an obscure, IN SOUTH AFRICA: albeit highly talented racehorse, owned by Japanese interests Alfolk (Aus), g, 3, Lonhro (Aus)--Alteza Real (Aus), by Exceed and and winning in the middle of the desert. And there could very Excel (Aus). Turffontein, 12-30, Lebelo Sprint-G3, 1000mT, well be more to come from the exciting colt, with a return trip to :56.96. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum; B-Sledmere Doha for February=s $1-million Emir=s Trophy (2400m) a distinct Stud (NSW); T-Mike de Kock. *1ST STAKES WIN. 1ST GROUP possibility following a rousing success in Saturday=s Qatar Derby. WIN. **A$380,000 Ylg >16 INGEAS. Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER, 2017
Qatar Derby cont. Saturday=s Results: Drawn the rail, Mac Mahon held his spot at the fence for the QATAR DERBY-Listed, $500,000, Al Rayyan, 12-30, 3yo, opening half-mile or so as Perfect Storm (Ire) (Excelebration 2000mT, 2:00.41, gd. {Ire}) doled out the early fractions. Settled one off the inside and 1--MAC MAHON (ITY), 128, c, 3, by Ramonti (Fr) slightly worse than centerfield down the back straight, Mac 1st Dam: Miss Sultin (Ire) (SP-Ity), by Celtic Swing (GB) Mahon raced in traffic and looked to be checked slightly on the 2nd Dam: Miss Caerleon (GB), by Caerleon final turn, but angled sharply into the four path leaving the final 3rd Dam: Satin Pointe (GB), by Sadler=s Wells corner. Pazeer (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) enjoyed the run of the race O-Takaya Shimakawa; B-Massimiliano Porcelli; T-Aldino Botti; from third and slipped through inside to lead in upper stretch, J-Dario Vargiu; $285,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ity, 8-5-1-1, but Mac Mahon had the superior turn of foot and took $762,309. command a sixteenth of a mile from home before surging clear. 2--Pazeer (Fr), 128, c, 3, Siyouni (Fr)--Parandeh (Fr), by Kahyasi Parviz (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) prompted the pace and led (Ire). (i90,000 HRA >16 ARQARC). O-Abdulatif Hussain M Z Al- briefly in the final quarter mile, but could not quicken with the Emadi. $110,000. top two late. 3--Parviz (Ire), 128, c, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Sur Choix (GB), by Takaya Shimakawa, an organic foods entrepreneur and Galileo (Ire). (i65,000 Ylg >15 ARQAUG; i70,000 2yo >16 longtime active buyer at the Japan Racing Horse Association ARQMAY). O-Darius Racing. $55,000. sales, campaigned the likes of Tosen Stardom (Jpn) (Deep Margins: 2 1/4, 1, 1HF. Impact {Jpn}) at home and acquired Mac Mahon prior to his five- Also Ran: Darbuzan (Fr), Neguev (Ire), Northsea Star (Ger), length victory in the G2 Derby Italiano (2200m) at the Veranda (Fr), What A Surprise (Ire), Ming Jung (Fr), Burrishoole Capannelle in May. He had dropped his last three, including a Abbey (Ire), Pleaseletmewin (Ire), Aluqdah (Fr), Khataaf (Ire), narrow defeat in the G2 Premio Roma (2000m) back in Rome Notalot (Ire), Perfect Storm (Ire), Real Value (Fr). VIDEO Nov. 26. The winner=s sire, runner-up in the 2005 Derby Italiano when contested at Group 1 level, was later acquired by Sheikh Mohammed and annexed the G1 Queen Anne S., G1 Sussex S. DUBAI WORLD CUP CARNIVAL B Major Races and G1 Queen Elizabeth S. over a mile before stretching to 10 (All races at Meydan Racecourse unless otherwise noted) furlongs to win the G1 Hong Kong Cup. Date Race Distance Jan. 11 Maktoum Challenge-R1-G2 1600m Singspiel S.-G3 1800mT Jan. 18 Dubawi S.-G3 1200m Jan. 25 Cape Verdi S.-G2 1600mT Jan. 26 Jebel Ali Mile-G3 (Jebel Ali) 1600m Feb. 1 Al Fahidi Fort S.-G2 1400mT Al Rashidiya S.-G2 1800mT Feb. 8 Maktoum Challenge-R2-G2 1900m UAE 1000 Guineas-Listed 1600m Feb. 15 UAE 2000 Guineas-G3 1600m Feb. 17 Balanchine S.-G2 1800mT Firebreak S.-G3 1600m Feb. 22 Dubai Millennium S.-G3 2000mT Meydan Sprint S.-G2 1000mT Zabeel Mile-G2 1600mT Mac Mahon | QREC photo
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Monday, Ellerslie (Auckland), New Zealand, post time: 5:32 p.m. SISTEMA RAILWAY S.-G1, NZ$200,000 (£105,147/€118,335/A$181,696/US$141,979), 3yo/up, 1200mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 4 Start Wondering (NZ) Eighth Wonder (NZ) E & J J Rayner Parkes 130 2 7 Packing Eagle (NZ) Pins (Aus) Da Cruz Thornton 123 3 5 Fully Funded (NZ) Fully Fledged (NZ) Surgenor Spratt 122 4 6 Speech Craft (Aus) Oratorio (Ire) Riddell Myers 122 5 11 Ferrando (NZ) Fast ‘N’ Famous (Aus) G & D Rogerson Cameron 122 6 1 Sweet Leader (NZ) O’Reilly (NZ) O’Sullivan/Scott Innes 122 7 15 Sacred Star (Aus) Flying Spur (Aus) Pike Colgan 121 8 8 Irish Moon (NZ) O’Reilly (NZ) K & B Kelso D Johnson 121 9 9 Heroic Valour (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Autridge/Richards R Bayliss 121 10 10 Go Nicholas (NZ) Danroad (Aus) Hale Du Plessis 121 11 12 Volpe Veloce (Aus) Foxwedge (Aus) Richardson/Parker J Bayliss 119 12 13 Volks Lightning (NZ) Volksraad (GB) G & D Rogerson C Johnson 117 13 14 Somethingvain (NZ) Falkirk (NZ) M, M F & M L Rogers Lammas 117 14 2 Melody Belle (NZ) Commands (Aus) Autridge/Richards McNab 117 Reserves 15 3 Ja Ja Binks (NZ) Falkirk (NZ) E-L & David Browne Collett 117
Monday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 5:10 p.m. (4:10 a.m. EST/9:10 a.m. BST) CHINESE CLUB CHALLENGE CUP H.-G3, HK$3,000,000 (£284,068/€319,692/A$491,712/US$383,986), 3yo/up, 1400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 5 Helene Paragon (Fr) Polan (Fr) Moore Berry 133 2 7 Beauty Only (Ire) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) A Cruz Purton 132 3 11 Contentment (Aus) Hussonet Size Prebble 131 4 10 Peniaphobia (Ire) Dandy Man (Ire) A Cruz Rawiller 128 5 9 Lucky Year (Aus) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Shum Badel 123 6 1 Giant Treasure Mizzen Mast A Cruz Boudot 122 7 8 Dashing Fellow (Aus) Duporth (Aus) Moore Clipperton 121 8 3 Winner’s Way (Aus) Starcraft (NZ) A Cruz Chadwick 117 9 12 Dundonnell First Defence Lor Schofield 116 10 2 Beat the Clock (Aus) Hinchinbrook (Aus) Size Moreira 115 11 4 Southern Legend (Aus) Not a Single Doubt (Aus) Fownes Rispoli 115 12 6 Fifty Fifty (NZ) Thorn Park (Aus) Ho Teetan 113
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DADDYS LIL DARLING RITVO: CURRENT MEET VITAL TO SANTA ANITA=S FUTURE GETS HER GRADE I By Bill Finley When a racetrack sits on property that is likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is not making any money with its core business, that=s a problem. When does someone say it no longer makes sense to continue to race when there=s a windfall profit to be made on developing the real estate? That=s exactly the scenario Stronach Group Chief Operating officer Tim Ritvo is facing at Santa Anita and why he is determined to turn things around at the AGreat Race Place.@ Ritvo has helped transform Gulfstream and Laurel, two other Stronach tracks, into two of the greatest success stories in the sport, and wants to do the same at Santa Anita. He=s confident he can but is also realistic about the economics involved. Cont. p8 (Click here)
Daddys Lil Darling | Benoit IN TDN EUROPE TODAY
Already a four-time Grade I runner-up, including valiant POSTHUMOUS HONOUR FOR SOCIETY ROCK performances in this year=s GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Queen The ill-fated Society Rock (Ire) was Europe’s leading first season sire in 2017; Emma Berry takes a closer look at the Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, Daddys Lil Darling (Scat Daddy) table. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. posted a well-deserved first win at the highest level in Saturday=s GI American Oaks at Santa Anita. Placed in a tracking third while saving all the ground beneath Hall of Famer Mike Smith, Daddys Lil Darling was tipped out at the top of the stretch and set her sights on favored MGISW New Money Honey (Medaglia d=Oro). The 2-1 second choice hit the front in the stretch and dug down deep to hold off the fast- finishing Madam Dancealot (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) by a half- length. Kathy=s Song (Candy Ride {Arg}) was up for third. AShe was second in the Kentucky Oaks, second in the [GI] Ashland, but it was one of those things,@ winning trainer Ken McPeek said of the Normandy Farm homebred. AWhat are you going to do but keep trying? We wanted to keep her in straight 3-year-old filly competition before the year was out. Fortunately, she stayed on form. AIt was a bit frustrating because she was always competitive but didn=t have things go her way. She=s a special filly and you just have to keep trying with those kind. She tries hard on any kind of going, and that makes a trainer=s job pretty easy.@
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Saturday, Santa Anita 3--Kathy's Song, 120, f, 3, by Candy Ride (Arg) AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $301,380, SA, 12-30, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT, 1st Dam: Strawberry Sense, by A.P. Indy 2:00.11, fm. 2nd Dam: Strawberry Reason, by Strawberry Road (Aus) 1--DADDYS LIL DARLING, 120, f, 3, by Scat Daddy 3rd Dam: Pretty Reason, by Hail to Reason 1st Dam: Miss Hot Salsa (SW & GSP, $227,756), by ($210,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $190,000 3yo '17 FTKHRA). Houston O-Abbondanza Racing, LLC, Premier Racing Club & Jerry 2nd Dam: Miss High Blade, by Highland Blade McClanahan; B-Payson Stud Inc (KY); T-Richard Baltas. 3rd Dam: Darling Miss Q., by Alydar $36,000. 1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Normandy Farm (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek; J-Mike E. Smith. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 15-4-5-1, $1,138,405. *1/2 to Victoryasecret (Victory Gallop), MSW, $242,485; Mongolian Saturday (Any Given Saturday), GISW, $1,266,631. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for eNicks report & 5- Margins: HF, 1HF, HF. Odds: 2.00, 4.60, 18.60. cross pedigree. Also Ran: New Money Honey, Beau Recall (Ire), Pantsonfire (Ire), Coachwhip, Bernina Star, Desert Duchess. Scratched: Rymska (Fr). Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, 2--Madam Dancealot (Ire), 122, f, 3, by Sir Prancealot (Ire) sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1st Dam: Sisal (Ire), by Danehill 2nd Dam: Ship's Twine (Ire), by Slip Anchor (GB) 3rd Dam: Twine (Ire), by Thatching (Ire) (,5,000 RNA 2yo '16 TATABR; ,100,000 2yo '16 GOFLON; i260,000 2yo '16 GOFFCH). O-Slam Dunk Racing; B-Tally Ho Stud (IRE); T-Richard Baltas. $60,000. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Pedigree Notes: Daddys Lil Darling becomes the 24th Grade/Group 1 winner for the brilliant Scat Daddy and seventh in 2017 (Mendelssohn, Sioux Nation, Dacita, Caravaggio, Lady Aurelia, Ruby Love {Chi}). Daddys Lil Darling is the most recent produce from Miss Hot Salsa, who also produced GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint winner Mongolian Saturday (Any Given Saturday). Normandy Farm=s Nancy Polk purchased Miss Hot Salsa in foal to Mr. Greeley for $100,000 at the 2003 KEENOV sale. Daddys Lil Darling=s second dam won a Grade III at Golden Gate.
Ken McPeek & winning owner/breeder Nancy Polk | Benoit
Winning owner/breeder Nancy Polk of Normandy Farm added, AI was feeling excitement and pure panic at the end there. Daddys Lil Darling (Scat Daddy) gets her Grade I Madam Dancealot was closing and I thought, >Oh no!= But she in the American Oaks at Santa Anita. hung on and she did very well. We=ve been working for this Grade I win for a while so it=s wonderful to have it under our belt.@ Smith said, AI didn=t want to have to wait for room. The horse right in front of me [New Money Honey] spread the turn a little but I knew she was going to drop back in. I went outside of her anyway and she dropped back in and I was able to really get a good momentum going at that point which I needed because Corey [Nakatani aboard Madam Dancealot] was coming on my outside.@ The 2016 GII Pocahontas S. heroine also has a runner-up finish in last year=s GI Darley Alcibiades S. and this term=s GI Central Bank Ashland S. on her resume. Withdrawn after running off in the warm up for the G1 Investec Oaks in early June, Daddys Lil Darling was a solid fourth behind New Money Honey in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational July 8 and was freshened after a fifth- place finish in the GI Coaching Club American Oaks at the Spa July 23. She got back on track with a decisive tally in the Dueling Grounds Oaks at Kentucky Downs Sept. 10, then came up a half- Daddys Lil Darling | Benoit length short in the QEII Cup. She entered off a rallying third over yielding going in Churchill=s GII Mrs. Revere S. Nov. 24. NO. 2 COMPARABLE INDEX IN 2017 5.90 CI Only Tapit bred a better book of mares
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Saturday, Santa Anita 3--Laseen (Ire), 120, m, 6, Dylan Thomas (Ire)--La Seine, by Rahy. ROBERT J. FRANKEL S.-GIII, $100,345, SA, 12-30, 3yo/up, f/m, (i40,000 Ylg '12 ARAUG; i50,000 5yo '16 ARQDEC). O-D P 1 1/8mT, 1:48.10, fm. Racing; B-Stilvi Compania Financiera S A (IRE); T-James M. 1--MIDNIGHT CROSSING (IRE), 120, f, 4, by Dark Angel (Ire) Cassidy. $12,000. 1st Dam: Line Ahead (Ire), by Sadler's Wells Margins: HF, NK, 1HF. Odds: 22.80, 1.60, 9.20. 2nd Dam: Alignment (Ire), by Alzao Also Ran: Gliding By, Responsibleforlove (Ire), Penjade (Fr). 3rd Dam: Scots Lass, by Shirley Heights (GB) Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. (i65,000 Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Ylg '14 GOFSPT; 70,000gns 3yo '16 TATMA; $240,000 4yo '17 Fasig-Tipton. KEENOV). O-Abbondanza Racing, LLC & Medallion Racing; B-Tom & Geraldine Molan (IRE); T-Richard Baltas; J-Brice Blanc. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 18-3-2-1, $131,377. *1/2 to Excellent Result (Ire) (Shamardal), GSW-UAE, $451,944. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Denali Stud sold for Triton Stables Purchased by Kern / Lillingston
2--Elysea's World (Ire), 120, f, 4, Champs Elysees (GB)--Ideal World (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire). (i25,000 Ylg '14 AR14). O-Sheep Pond Partners & All Pro Racing LLC; B-Haras D'Haspel (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown. $20,000. Midnight Crossing | Benoit $40,000 S&N 859.885.3345 | TaylorMadeStallions.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Midnight Crossing, purchased for $240,000 at last month=s thankful for this group. For us to be able to go through this KEENOV sale, pulled off the upset in her first attempt for these experience together is just wonderful, it's beyond words." connections in wire-to-wire fashion. The winner=s dam, a half-sister to G1 Premier=s Champion S. Brice Blanc wasted little time sending Midnight Crossing to the hero Potala Palace (SAf) (Singspiel {Ire}), had a colt by Exceed front from her inside draw. She clicked off easy fractions of and Excel (Aus) this year. This is the extended female family of :24.27 and :48.94 and kept on finding in the stretch to hold off English champion North Light (Ire) (Danehill). the rallying duo of favored Elysea=s World and the unlucky Laseen. Midnight Crossing, a maiden winner from her first 10 attempts racing overseas, failed to the hit board in three subsequent starts over synthetic surfaces after finishing third in the GIII Ontario Matron S. at Woodbine July 22. She was fourth in the off-the-turf River Memories S. Nov. 3, her final attempt for owner Triton Stable and trainer Roger Attfield. The bay was making her first grass attempt Saturday since finishing eighth in a Keeneland allowance in the spring. Winning owners Abbondanza Racing and Medallion Racing and trainer Richard Baltas followed a similiar blueprint with another former Attfield runner to take this race last year via Goodyearforroses (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}), who was acquired for $200,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Bing Bush of Abbondanza Racing said, "It was just a question of if she had enough speed and enough room and she did today. You know, I don't know if I can put it into words. I'm just so Bing Bush & Brice Blanc | Benoit TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Saturday, Santa Anita Also Ran: Calculator, Solid Wager, Ike Walker, Ohio (Brz). MIDNIGHT LUTE S.-GIII, $100,690, SA, 12-30, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, Scratched: Masochistic, Smokey Image. Click for the 1:16.03, ft. Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free 1--SILENT BIRD, 120, h, 5, by Summer Bird Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by 1st Dam: Rutledge Ballado (GSP, $108,176), by Saint Fasig-Tipton. Ballado Silent Bird defeated optional claiming rivals at this track Jan. 6 2nd Dam: Gold From the West, by West by West before a fourth-place effort in his first try in graded stakes 3rd Dam: Quimper, by Palace Music company in the GI Triple Bend S. Mar. 11. He was last seen 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($40,000 Ylg '13 FTKOCT). finishing third after troubled trip in the GII Pat O=Brien S. at Del O-Norman Stables, LLC; B-JMI (KY); T-Mark Glatt; J-Kent J. Mar Aug. 26 behind recent GII San Antonio winner Giant Desormeaux. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 9-6-1-1, $316,800. Expectations (Frost Giant). Adding blinkers for the first time *1/2 to Morgan=s Guerrilla (Ghostzapper), MGSP, $271,002. here, Silent Bird broke inward before straightening out and Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. going to the front alongside Americanize, who was rushed up Raised and Sold by Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, Inc. after breaking a step slow, through an opening quarter in :22.18. Those two were joined by Tough Sunday at the quarter pole and they were three across the track turning for home. Silent Bird was guided to the rail by Kent Desormeaux and continued to fight on and got home first. 2--Tough Sunday, 120, h, 5, Grazen--Sunday Dress, by General AWe put the blinkers on and that certainly put a little more Meeting. O/B-Nick Alexander (CA); T-Steven Miyadi. $20,000. speed on him,@ trainer Mark Glatt said. AHe doesn=t like dirt in 3--Americanize, 122, g, 4, Concord Point--American Story, by his face, so I told Kent, >Whatever you do, let=s try, with the rail Ghostzapper. O/B-Kaleem Shah, Inc. (KY); T-S. Callaghan. $12,000. draw, to get to the outside. When he broke a little flat, Kent kind Hill ‘n’ Dale Foaled and Raised of asked him to run and then he jumped into the bit, so at that point he figured to just keep his position and he kept it all the Margins: NK, NO, 1HF. Odds: 3.10, 12.80, 1.10. way.@ Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Pedigree Notes: That=s why he is so intent on showing significant gains in Silent Bird is the sixth GSW for the late Summer Bird and first handle at the meet that began Dec. 26. He knows that if Santa graded stakes winner out Rutledge Ballado, the only black-type Anita does not do better there are no guarantees that there earner out of GISP Gold From The West (West by West). won=t be a day when it closes its doors and is razed by Rutledge Ballado is also responsible for a yearling colt by Strong developers. Mandate, who fetched $140,000 at KEESEP, and a weanling colt AOut here in California things have kind of flat-lined over the by Will Take Charge. last five years,@ he said. AAs we continue to lose market share on the product it=s come a time where we really have to take a look CURRENT MEET VITAL TO SANTA ANITA cont. from p1 at things and we have to figure out a formula to grow our business. That=s not a threat. What we=re basically saying is we need to turn it around. One of Mr. Stronach=s biggest initiatives while he is here is to try to get racing healthy so that when he is gone racing can continue on in perpetuity. To do that, we positively have to change the trajectory of the handle and the awareness of the California product. There=s no question that California racing should be one of the leaders in the United States, if not the leader.@ Ritvo said there have been no discussions about ever closing Santa Anita and he is sure it will not happen in Stronach=s lifetime. But Stronach is 85 and there will come a day when someone else is in charge. Will that person or company keep Santa Anita open as a racetrack? Unless racing there can become a profitable venture, the answer is probably not. AThe only way to ensure the future of racing, whether it=s here Tim Ritvo | Eclipse Sportswire
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quality. It has a ton of quality and a rich history of great races. At the same time, we need more quantity. We need more claiming races. Claiming racing are what drives the racing day in and day out. When you are looking at 122 days of racing, it is not a boutique meet or even a 30-day, 60-day meet where you can have the greatest horses go nuts for 30, 60 days. When you run these elongated meets you need some quantity product. That doesn=t mean cheapening up what we already have. What we have is great and none of that should go away. Some times we get knocked at Gulfstream by people saying we=ve cheapened up the product. But if you look at Gulfstream all the great stakes race are still there. With some, the purses are higher than ever. What we did was we filled in those spots with a lot of other stuff Santa Anita | Horsephotos that gave people more multiple betting options and as a result we=ve seen the parimutuel handle grow.@ or at any racetrack, is to make sure that racetracks are With or without cards that include more claiming races, Ritvo financially viable,@ Ritvo said. AIf for some reason if Frank or knows that he needs more horses based in Southern California Belinda Stronach or the grandkids some day do not want to own and he needs local trainers to race their horses more often. a racetrack, would somebody buy Santa Anita as a racetrack Santa Anita is planning on building new barns that will because the return on investment makes sense? Only if there is accommodate between 600 and 800 additional horses. Ritvo some sort of positive financial return. Good things don=t last said he=d like to see them filled by new outfits and preferably forever on charity. You have to be able to be a financially stable not by the Asuper@ trainers that might have 200 horses under company. So what I am saying is that to have the >Great Race their care and sometimes believe it=s in their best interests to Place= here forever it has to make sense because sooner or later race a horse as little as possible. when it doesn=t make sense someone will develop the land. Mr. AWe don=t have a horse shortage, we have an owner Stronach would never develop this property. He loves horse shortage,@ he said. AWe can start breeding horses and in a racing and has a passion for it, but as time goes on and future couple of years we can have 10,000 extra horses in circulation. generations start looking at this place they may want to sell it But we don=t have enough owners to buy up or breed those because they don=t get a big enough return on their investment. horses and the reason the owners are disappearing is because Other people could come in and look at it as a business venture the horses run three times a year and the owner has no chance and if doesn=t return enough as a race track all of a sudden it of making any money versus years ago when a horse could run becomes a real estate project, like Bay Meadows, like Hollywood 15 times a year or at least once a month. There have been lot of Park.@ changes in the game through the years. The winning percentage Ritvo was sent to Santa Anita last September by Stronach with next to the trainer=s name means a lot. Owners won=t go to guys instructions to turn Santa Anita=s fortunes around. He spent the that win 12 or 15%. These super trainers come up with a 30% first few months acquainting himself with the business and the win percentage, but they=ll have 40 2-year-olds in the barn and people who were running it and has said he feels this meet, they=ll only run the ones that are absolutely perfect and ready to which runs through July 4, will be the true litmus test. Because run. That=s a huge issue and something we have to deal with.@ he feels positive business trends are so important he has called Santa Anita isn=t going anywhere any time soon. But Ritvo this the most important meet in the track=s 83-year history. wants to make sure it=s running 10 years from, 25 years from Ritvo=s play book is well known. He puts the customer above now. That=s his mission, and he=s wasting no time getting all others and believes the players demand a certain type of started. (Return to p1) product, cards that are heavy on full fields and grass racing. He does not mind running lower level races if they continually draw big fields. AThe economic engine is the customer and we have to deliver FIND US ON FACEBOOK a product that they=re willing to bet on, and that product is not a www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews five-horse field with a 1-9 shot,@ Ritvo said. APeople need to watch more and bet more on the racing here. California is full of TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
At New Year=s time, we thought it appropriate to ask our racing community for their resolutions. Each participant was asked for one racing-related resolution, and one non-racing one. Up today: Olivier Delloye.
Olivier Delloye, President and Director General, France-Galop
Olivier Delloye | Scoop Dyga photo Friday, Club Hipico de Santiago, Chile Racing-wise, my number one resolution for 2018 will be to go CLASICO LAS OAKS-G1, P21,750,000, Club Hipico de Santiago, racing overseas much more than I did in 2017. I have been so 12-29, 3yo, f, 2000mT, 1:59.95, fm. focused on the key issues that French racing is facing that I 1--PENN ROSE (CHI), 123, f, 3, by Dylan Thomas didn't take the time to attend some of the best international 1st Dam: Penumbrosa (Chi) (Ch. 3yo Filly-Chi, GSW & racing events. I know how much we can learn from visiting the MG1SP-Chi), by Golden Voyager major racetracks on big racedays, so that will be another priority 2nd Dam: Penumbra (Chi), by Lake Erie for me this year. Traveling abroad brings new ideas and 3rd Dam: Pulpa (Chi), by Balconaje inspiration, but on top of that, in this specific year, it will give me *1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-Haras Don Alberto; T-Guillermo the opportunity to promote the new Longchamp (reopening in Aguirre; J-Jeremy Laprida; P15,000,000. Lifetime Record: April) and ensure that the racing fans travel the world to be in 9-4-1-1, P38,595,000. *1/2 to Top Casablanca (Chi) (Seeking Paris on the first Sunday of October for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de the Dia), Ch. Older Horse & MG1SW-Chi, $244,438. Werk Nick Triomphe. Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. On a personal note, I could say I will try to keep away from my 2--Soy Orgullosa (Chi), 123, f, 3, Henrythenavigator--Sagitariana, iPhone when I'm supposedly off, but I have failed at that for the by Footstepinthesand (GB). O/B-Haras Don Alberto; last 10 years so a more honest and realistic resolution would be T-Guillermo Aguirre; P3,750,000. to run my first marathon! 3--Margaret Marina (Chi), 123, f, 3, Henrythenavigator-- Margaret Mitchell (Chi), by Until Sundown. O/B-Haras Don Alberto; T-Patricio Baeza; P1,875,000. Margins: 7 3/4, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 0.30, 10.90, 5.20. Ï Ò Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
The winner=s dam is a half to GI Travers S. winner Flower Alley (Distorted Humor) as well as Japanese Group 1 winners Tosen Ra (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Spielberg {Jpn}) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) . She produced a Shanghai Bobby filly earlier this term. Saturday=s Results: Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- H. ALLEN JERKENS S., $100,000, GP, 12-30, 3yo/up, 2mT, Tipton. 3:23.97, fm. 1--RUN TIME, 117, c, 4, Gio Ponti--Flowerette, by Victory Gallop. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. ($160,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Bloom Racing Stable & Joseph Allen LLC; B-Indian Creek (KY); T-Michael J. Maker; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $60,140. Lifetime Record: 15-3-2-2, $199,704. *1/2 to Arraignment (Include), GSP, $194,300. Bred, Raised and Sold by INDIAN CREEK
2--Bullards Alley, 123, g, 5, Flower Alley--Flower Forest, by Kris S.. ($11,000 2yo '14 FTKHRA). O-Wayne Spalding & Faron McCubbins; B-Eugene Melnyk (KY); T-Tim Glyshaw. $19,400.
3--Gold Shield, 119, h, 5, Medaglia d'Oro--Dream Supreme, by Run Time | Leslie Martin Seeking the Gold. ($1,000,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP). O-Lane's End Racing & Kinsman Stable; B-Kinsman Farm (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. $9,700. TURF DASH S., $90,000, TAM, 12-30, 3yo/up, 5fT, :55.63, fm. 1--PAY ANY PRICE, 124, g, 7, Wildcat Heir--One to Five (MSW, $220,861), by Naevus. O-Matties Racing Stable LLC & Averill Racing LLC; B-Brent & Crystal Fernung (FL); T-Ralph Ziadie; J-Edgard J. Zayas. $60,000. Lifetime Record: MSW,18-11-2-0, Margins: HD, 2 1/4, 1. Odds: 10.10, 1.20, 3.30. $365,043. Also Ran: Infinite Wisdom, English Illusion, Honovi, El Kurdo, 2--Jaguar Poz, 120, g, 4, Majesticperfection--Star of Luvina, by Infobedad (Arg). Five Star Day. O/B-James E. Hess (PA); T-Ron G. Potts. $15,000. Run Time was coming off a nine-furlong optional claiming tally 3--Conquest Enforcer, 122, c, 4, Into Mischief--Keen Victory, by over this course 24 days ago, and was let go at double digits Victory Gallop. ($210,000 Ylg '14 FTKJUL; $785,000 3yo '16 = despite his trainer s excellent prowess with turf marathoners. KEENOV). O-Imaginary Stables & Raquel Ritchie; B-Tall Oaks The bulk of tote attention went to GI Pattison Canadian Farm (ON); T-Mark E. Casse. $7,500. International romper Bullards Alley exiting a sixth in the
GI Breeders= Cup Turf. Content to sit in a joint last along the fence early, the bay was tipped out and began to pick off foes Registered Ontario-Bred turning for home. The chalk briefly struck the front in the final sixteenth, but was immediately swarmed by Run Time and Margins: HF, 1, 2HF. Odds: 0.50, 28.60, 6.90. couldn=t hold off that one=s momentum. AI rode this horse at Also Ran: American Sailor, Little Chesney, Tyler U, Dubini, Kentucky Downs going one mile and a half the day he broke his Expected Ruler, Palace Barista, Tres Huevos, Go Cristian Go. maiden, so it was basically like the same thing as today,@ said Scratched: Elusive Exchange, Flashaway, Extravagant Kid. Run Time=s rider Tyler Gaffalione. AJust let him fall back and relax Pay Any Price had only finished off the board in one of his and make one big run. [Trainer] Mike [Maker] instructed me to seven starts this year and came in off back-to-back stakes just get him to relax, keep him happy and when it comes time, victories in the Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint July 1 and the Claiming you know what to do.@ Crown Canterbury S. Dec. 2, both at Gulfstream Park. Cont. p2 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Turf Dash S. cont. OBSMAR; $9,000 4yo '16 KEEJAN). O-Roddy Harrison; B-Betz In his usual style, the odds-on favorite broke like a rocket and Thoroughbreds, Inc. & Patricia Ann Elia Trust (KY); T-Anthony J. quickly went to the front, clocking the first quarter in Granitz. $15,000. :21.29 with American Sailor (City Zip) right on his hip. Pay Any 3--Cousin Claire, 120, f, 4, Exchange Rate--Biorra, by Smoke Price fended off that challenge and found another gear to kick Glacken. ($45,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP). O/B-Duncan H. Lloyd clear just outside the final furlong. The chestnut had to hold off (KY); T-Timothy E. Hamm. $7,500. a late run by Jaguar Poz for his third straight score. Margins: 1HF, 3/4, 1. Odds: 0.90, 17.70, 6.20. AI think the class of my horse won the race,@ said winning rider Also Ran: Everything Lovely, My Sweet Dove, Lady's Island, J's Edgard Zayas. AI thought the turf was a little soft today, and that Indian Charm. Scratched: Mistress Ofthedark, Sylphide. along with the pressure they put on him might have caused him Smiling Causeway finished second in both of her prior stakes to stop a little bit. But he was the same guy he always is out of tries behind talented Morticia (Twirling Candy) in the Stormy the gate and the first half of the race, and I think if they got Blues S. at Laurel July 15 and >TDN Rising Star= Rubilinda close to him late, he was going to open up again.@ (Frankel {GB}) in the Christiecat S. at Belmont Sept. 8. She was Pay Any Price is the only stakes winner out of One to Five, who last seen going gate-to-wire against allowance foes at Keeneland has a weanling colt named Pay the Piper (Khozan) and was bred Oct. 21. back to Khozan this season. Click for the Equibase.com chart or The 9-10 favorite sat comfortably in midpack as the VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. pacesetters flew through a :21.16 opening quarter. The $400,000 Keeneland November purchase picked up momentum around the far turn and gained while splitting horses at the eighth pole and pulled away to her first stakes victory, stopping the timer in :55.82, just 0.32 seconds off the stakes record. AShe broke a little slow today, but I knew some of the others were going to send their horses so I just let her run comfortable,@ winning jockey Daniel Centeno said. AWhen we turned for home and I asked her, she went by everybody like nothing. I always had plenty of horse, and she galloped out strong after the wire.@ Smiling Causeway is the third stakes winner out of Shandra Smiles, who has a weanling colt by Tale of the Cat. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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TROPICAL PARK OAKS, $75,000, GP, 12-30, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.77, fm. 1--DREAM AWHILE, 117, f, 3, by War Front 1st Dam: Baroness Richter (Ire) (SW-Fr, $70,435), by Montjeu (Ire) 2nd Dam: Principium, by Hansel 3rd Dam: Nazoo (Ire), by Nijinsky II 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Joseph Allen, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-John R. Velazquez. $42,780. Lifetime Record: MSP-Fr, 7-3-0-3, $98,689. *1/2 to Dear Lavinia (Grand Slam), SW-Fr, $102,830. 2--Westit (GB), 117, f, 3, Tapit--West Ocean, by Elusive Quality. O/B-Wertheimer Et Frere (GB); T-H. Graham Motion. $13,800. 3--Storm the Hill, 121, f, 3, Get Stormy--Thornhill, by Good and Tough. ($275,000 3yo '17 KEENOV). O-Alastar Thoroughbred Company LLC & Michael Valdes,; B-Kimberly S. & William B. Bradley (KY); T-Eddie Kenneally. $6,900. Dream Awhile I Kenny Martin
Margins: 3/4, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.70, 6.40, 5.10. TROPICAL PARK OAKS, $75,000, GP, 12-30, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, Also Ran: Ellery Lane (Ire), Bernadiva, Miss Sky Warrior, Rose 1:42.79, fm. Tree, Momentiempo, Jaunt, Charged, Overnegotiate, Bigkat and 1--GHOSTLY PRESENCE, 121, f, 3, by Ghostzapper Camille, Bride Street. 1st Dam: Five N Forty, by Distorted Humor Dream Awhile was multiple stakes-placed in France for Jean- 2nd Dam: Fifth Overture, by Pulpit Claude Rouget before coming to the States and into the barn of 3rd Dam: Quimper, by Palace Music Chad Brown. She was beaten by less than a length when third in O-Chiefswood Stable; B-Chiefswood Stables Limited (ON); T-Roger L. Attfield; J-Rafael Manuel Hernandez. $43,710. her U.S. debut at Aqueduct Nov. 9. Lifetime Record: 14-5-2-1, $355,914. The 5-2 shot settled into stride between horses in midpack Registered Ontario-Bred heading into the first turn and stayed tucked in before being 2--Team of Teams, 117, f, 3, Elusive Quality--Teammate, by A.P. asked to go by John Velazquez entering the home bend. Swung Indy. O-Joseph Allen LLC; B-Mr. Joseph Allen LLC (KY); T-James out into the six path off the second turn, Dream Awhile kept on A. Jerkens. $14,100. charging down the center of the track, got up inside the final 3--I'm Betty G, 121, f, 3, Into Mischief--Lady in Ermine, by strides and held off Westit for the score. Honour and Glory. ($27,000 Ylg '15 EASOCT; $150,000 2yo '16 AMy strategy going into this race was to break well and get a EASMAY). O-Three Diamonds Farm; B-Carol Kaye & Boyce good position and get comfortable with her,@ winning jockey Stable (MD); T-Michael J. Maker. $7,050. John Velazquez said. AAll of a sudden everyone started checking Kip Elser’s KIRKWOOD STABLES back and I got into a little bit of a tight spot going into the first turn and had to pull out of there in between horses on the Margins: 1, 1, 2. Odds: 4.00, 9.50, 2.60. backstretch. Once I got out of the backstretch, she was more Also Ran: Lido, Sister Nation, Super Marina, My Sistersledge, controllable. By the half-mile pole I was just looking for space to Spanish Harlem, Flying Harmony, Lirica, Speighgal. Scratched: go through and by the three-eighths pole I got to the outside English Affair, Taperge. and squeezed between two horses and once I got to the Ghostly Presence pulled off a 19-1 upset in last November=s quarter-pole she was running.@ Princess Elizabeth S. at Woodbine before hitting the sidelines, This is the second stakes winner out of Baroness Richter, who and concluded the 2017 season in Canada with a score as well-- was a SW in France herself and a half to Japanese Group winner this time at odds-on in the seven-furlong Jammed Lovely S. on Kongo Rikishio (Ire) (Stravinsky). Baroness Richter also has a the Tapeta Nov. 11. Saving every inch of ground as she drafted yearling full-sister to Dream Awhile named Let Yourself Go and a behind Team of Teams through splits of :24.28, :49.58 and weanling filly named North Carolina (Speightstown). Click for 1:14.14, the Chiefswood homebred switched out to attack the the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. leader in upper stretch and found her best stride late to power past. Cont. p4
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Ghostly Presence cont. 3--Profiteer, 119, c, 3, War Front--Hit It Rich, by Smart Strike. AWe got a good break out of gate,@ noted winning rider Rafael O/B-Stuart S. Janney, III LLC (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. Hernandez. AThe race was perfect for my horse. The two horses $6,975. we thought had speed did their job and we just sat behind Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 2HF. Odds: 18.70, 21.70, 1.50. them. We had a safe trip all the way and turning for home the Also Ran: Secretary At War, Somekindofmagician, General hole just opened and she went through and did her job.@ Of McGooby, Tiz a Slam, Small Bear, Gorgeous Kitten, Dalarna, Ghostly Presence=s Hall of Fame conditioner, Hernandez added, ARoger=s a great trainer. I=ve been riding the horse up at Dance Strike, My Bariley. Scratched: Zitman, Funtastic, Without Woodbine and she showed up today. It=s great to come back Remorse. here after a year away from here. To ride my first race in a stake The one-two finishers in this event were both big prices, but and win, I=m blessed.@ A granddaughter of GSW Fifth Overture, there=s a good chance some Chicago Cubs fans cashed in on the Ghostly Presence has a soon-to-be 2-year-old half-sister named $654.20 exacta. Hall of Famer Leo Durocher coached the North Sport=n Forty (Scat Daddy) and an almost-yearling half-sister by Siders from 1966 to 1972, during a time when Ernie Banks--a.k.a. City Zip. Her dam was bred back to Ghostzapper this past Mr. Cub--was finishing up his storied career. The equine season. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored Durocher, meanwhile, had been just on the edges in added- by Fasig-Tipton. money company this year. Fourth behind this week=s GII Mathis Brothers Mile S. runner-up Kroy (The Factor) in August=s Tortugas S., he was third by just a neck in a named starter handicap stakes Oct. 1. He settled for sixth in the Showing Up S. at Gulfstream Park West Dec. 2, and rallied from far back to be third in the Claiming Crown Emerald Dec. 2. Transferred from Harry Benson to Joseph Russo in the interim, the chestnut broke like a shot from the rail and settled into a perfect pocket spot under Paco Lopez. Shifted out four deep to avoid the fading pacesetter in upper stretch, he leveled off nicely to earn a first black-type victory. APaco rode him perfect,@ said Russo, who was also quick to credit the colt=s previous trainer. AHe sat just where we wanted him to and we said just take it from there. Turning for home it was all in his hands and everything worked out great. I knew he had them. This horse was doing so good. It=s a great feeling,@ Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Ghostly Presence | Lauren King
TROPICAL PARK DERBY, $75,000, GP, 12-30, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.11, fm. 1--DUROCHER, 117, c, 3, by Niagara Causeway 1st Dam: Trench Cat, by Thunder Gulch 2nd Dam: Cajun Cat, by Storm Cat 3rd Dam: Desireux, by Fappiano ($2,700 Ylg '15 OBSOCT; $20,000 2yo '16 OBSOPN). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Sterling Racing LLC, John Herzberg & Michelle Allan; B-La Bahia Stud, Inc. (TX); T-Joseph F. Russo; J-Paco Lopez. $43,245. Lifetime Record: 13-5-0-4, $135,173. Sales & Training Grad 2--Mr Cub, 117, g, 3, Artie Schiller--Fine Line, by Mineshaft. ($40,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Turf Stable LLC; B-G. Watts Humphrey (KY); T-Ian R. Wilkes. $13,950. Durocher | Leslie Martin So many to thank for our RECORD YEAR 7 GRADE 1 WINS between our stables Head of Plains, 19 GRADED STAKES WINS Madaket, & Sheep Pond 16 LISTED STAKES WINS –Sol Kumin 42 STAKES WINS TOTAL
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VIA BORGHESE S., $75,000, GP, 12-30, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT, 9th-TAM, $25,250, Msw, 12-30, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:25.80, ft. 1:55.21, fm. R TRUE TALENT (f, 2, Yes It's True--Slamsational, by Grand 1--DARING DUCHESS, 119, m, 5, Arch--A True Pussycat (MSW & Slam) missed by a nose as the favorite first out at Gulfstream GSP, $276,919), by Yes It's True. ($42,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV; Park West Oct. 7, and was fifth back at that venue Nov. 8. A $70,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP). O-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey; B-Kennelot Stables, Ltd. (KY); T-Michael J. Maker; J-Jose L. well-beaten third in the local Sandpiper S., she was 8-5 dropping Ortiz. $43,245. Lifetime Record: GSP, 21-5-2-2, $270,797. back into maiden company here. Attending the pace three deep, the $70,000 OBSAPR acquisition assumed ominous command entering the stretch and poured it on the from there to the tune
of six lengths. Well-bred Ten Demerits (Into Mischief--Pussycat 2--Martini Glass, 117, f, 4, Kitalpha--Glassy, by Run Softly. Doll) was second. The winner=s dam produced a Handsome Mike O-Vince Campanella & Nation's Racing Stable LLC; B-Aschinger colt in 2016 and He=s Had Enough filly in 2017 before being bred Bloodstock, LLC (KY); T-Keith Nations. $13,950. to Prospective. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1, $30,450. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 3--Flipcup, 119, m, 6, Milwaukee Brew--Dream Affair, by Touch O-Averill Racing LLC, CCF Racing Stable & K Lauren Racing; Gold. O-Wachtel Stable & Team Penney Racing; B-Team B-Craig L Wheeler (FL); T-Gerald S. Bennett. Penney Racing (NY); T-William I. Mott. $6,975. Barry Berkelhammer 352•804•3000
Margins: 1HF, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 13.10, 3.40, 12.70. Also Ran: Beauly (GB), Texting, Taralena, Promotional, Galileo's Song (Ire), Playful Sound (GB), Involuntary, Eqho, Downton Kitten. Claimed last July for $35,000, Daring Duchess became the Saturday=s Results: second stakes winner at double-digit odds for trainer Mike 1st-AQU, $60,000, Msw, 12-30, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:41.44, ft. Maker on the card. The bay was second in the GIII Bewitch S. at HAIL (f, 2, Tapit--Rising Tornado, by Storm Cat) debuted over Keeneland in April, and was a clear-cut winner of the 12-furlong this track Nov. 24 when he closed well to grab third. The Keertana S. at Churchill a month later. She was looking to bounce back from a three-race off-the-board streak, having last 4-5 favorite settled in fourth while traveling five wide down the been seen checking in seventh with significant traffic trouble in backstretch. Still under a tight hold from Dylan Davis, the Keeneland=s GIII Dowager S. Oct. 22. Away alertly from her rail homebred ranged alongside leaders while traveling four wide draw, Daring Duchess seized early command under Jose Ortiz throughout the turn and grabbed the lead at the quarter pole. and snuck away a bit into the first turn. Pressured by Involuntary Hail had to fight off a game Go (Congrats) to his inside before (City Zip) nearing the stretch, she shook free again heading for drawing off for a 3 3/4-length graduation through the snow. Go home and kept on finding to get the job done. The winner=s Bustin Stones half-brother cost $160,000 at this year=s Fasig- was another three lengths clear in second. Hail is a half to 2014 Tipton New York-bred Preferred Yearling Sale. Her dam visited champion older mare Close Hatches (First Defence), MGISW, Congrats earlier this season. Click for the Equibase.com chart or $2,707,300; and Lockdown (First Defence), MGISP, $445,900. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Their dam also has a yearling colt named Learned One (Pioneerof the Nile), a weanling by Malibu Moon and was bred back to Pioneerof the Nile this season. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $42,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-William I. Mott.
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GIN TALKING S., $100,000, LRL, 12-30, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:24.92, ft. 1--STRATEGIC DREAMS, 119, f, 2, by Archarcharch 1st Dam: D'fashion, by D'wildcat 2nd Dam: Express Fashion, by Private Express Saturday=s Results: 3rd Dam: Fashion Jet, by Tri Jet HEFT S., $100,000, LRL, 12-30, 2yo, 7f, 1:24.45, ft. ($12,000 RNA Ylg '16 FTKJUL; $25,000 2yo '17 EASMAY). 1--DIAMOND KING, 120, c, 2, by Quality Road 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Pick Six Racing (David Wilkenfeld), 1st Dam: Akron Moon (SP, $87,409), by Malibu Moon Ian Behar & Theresa Cotrone; B-Karen J. Silva (FL); T-Rudy R. 2nd Dam: Akronism, by Not For Love Rodriguez; J-Feargal Lynch. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, 3rd Dam: Jerry Bomb, by Explosive Bid $142,200. ($55,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $235,000 2yo '17 EASMAY). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Cash is King LLC & LC Racing LLC; 2--Enrage, 119, f, 2, Algorithms--Ire, by Political Force. B-JSM Equine LLC (KY); T-Robert E. Reid, Jr.; J-Frankie O-Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B.; B-Claiborne Farm Pennington. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $127,800. & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY); T-Ben Colebrook. $20,000. i i FOUR STAR SALES GRADUATE i i 3--Vertrazzo, 119, f, 2, Trappe Shot--She'll Heir, by Wildcat Heir. ($72,000 Ylg '16 FTKOCT). O-Michael A. Foster; B-Douglas 2--Devine Entry, 120, c, 2, Point of Entry--Bonjour Belle, by Arnold (KY); T-William D. Cowans. $10,000. Elusive Quality. ($65,000 RNA Wlg '15 KEENOV; $100,000 Ylg Margins: 1 3/4, 4 1/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 2.10, 7.60, 10.00. '16 KEESEP). O-Lobdell Family Stables & Hal Hatch; Also Ran: Mihrab, Gibby, Oldfashioned Style, Sweet Candy B-Brookstone Farm LLC, Ben McElroy & Adrian Wallace (KY); Dance, Last True Love, Limited View, Bootsy's Hadenough. T-Linda Rice. $20,000. Scratched: Live Large, Frigid Sister, Wall of Compassion. 3--Big Bella Brown, 120, g, 2, Big Brown--Bella Moneta, by Strategic Dreams aired by 14 1/4 lengths in a $50,000 maiden Max's Pal. ($35,000 2yo '17 OBSAPR). O-Charles L. Biggs; claimer on debut at Saratoga Aug. 24, but faded to fifth after B-Jason Hall & BCS Thoroughbreds LLC (LA); T-Cathal A. Lynch. setting the pace in the GI Frizette S. down state Oct. 9. She $10,000. showed a new dimension when settling before easily overtaking Margins: 1HF, 8, HD. Odds: 1.30, 6.00, 22.90. stablemate Wall of Compassion (Jimmy Creed) in a Big A Also Ran: A Different Style, Whirlin Curlin, Blue Ridge Scout. optional claimer Nov. 10, and was flattered on Friday when that Scratched: Tattooed, Smooth B, El Corazon, Blame It On Honey. Grade II-placed runner took another Ozone Park heat on the Diamon King was a perfect two-for-two to start his career front end. Dropping off the pace from the widest draw, the dark before clipping heels with a rival and losing jockey Frankie bay advanced three deep behind a half in :45.71. Coming wider Pennington heading into the first turn of the GII Kentucky Jockey still into the lane, she collared the tiring Vertrazzo in midstretch Club S. last time out Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs. and always held safe the late-running Enrage. The winner=s He=s The 6-5 favorite raced along the rail in the early stages, just a Had Enough half-brother cost $40,000 as an OBS yearling earlier half-length off of second choice A Different Style (The Factor) this year. He has a soon-to-be yearling full-brother and his dam through demanding fractions of :22.31 and :45.09. The lead was was bred back to Algorithms. Click for the Equibase.com chart taken from those two from Divine Entry at the quarter pole or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. before battling back and on the inside and prevailed in the final sixteenth. AHe was doing it fairly easy. Once the horse outside started Follow the TDN staff on Twitter backing off, he started playing around,@ Pennington said. AWhen Thoroughbred Daily News he saw [Devine Entry] come flying outside he was like, >Alright, it=s time to go back to work,= and he came running.@ @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN This is the first foal out of SP Akron Moon, who=s dam was @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN MGSW Akronism (Not For Love). She is responsible for a yearling @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley full-sister to Diamond King and a weanling filly by Verrazano. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- @MKane49 @barryweisbord @thorntontd Tipton. @garykingTDN @SarahKAndrew @theTDN @JBiancaTDN TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 7 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Some 366 days ago, Mr. Misunderstood won for $30,000 non- two lifetime claiming at the Fair Grounds. Saturday, the dark bay made it a perfect eight-for-eight on the grass with a fifth- straight black-type success in the Woodchopper S. in the Big Saturday=s Results: Easy. WOODCHOPPER S., $75,000, FG, 12-30, 3yo, 1mT, 1:35.95, fm. Settled in about sixth position leaving the stretch the first 1--MR. MISUNDERSTOOD, 118, g, 3, by Archarcharch time, Mr. Misunderstood inched forward to be fourth while 1st Dam: Jodys Deelite (MSP), by Afternoon Deelites facing the breeze three wide down the back. Given his cue 2nd Dam: Holy Forest, by Demons Begone midway on the second turn, Mr. Misunderstood glided up 3rd Dam: York Woods, by Mining towards the lead, wrested command under a confident Shaun ($47,000 Ylg '15 FTKJUL; $130,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR). Bridgmohan with an eighth of a mile to travel and was never in O-Flurry Racing Stables LLC; B-Athens Woods (KY); T-Brad H any danger. Cox; J-Shaun Bridgmohan. $45,000. Lifetime Record: GSW, With the victory, the dark bay was capping a seven-for-eight 13-9-1-0, $409,694. campaign, his only loss being a well-bet seventh in the Hip 89: Half-Sister Selling with VINERY SALES GIII Illinois Derby in April. Winner of the Prelude S. and Super Derby at Louisiana Downs over the summer, he tacked on wins beneath the Twin Spires in the Sept. 30 Jefferson Cup and most 2--First Premio, 116, c, 3, Pure Prize--Perils of Pauline, by recently in the GIII Commonwealth Turf S. Nov. 11. Stravinsky. ($15,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; i36,000 Ylg '15 Mr. Misunderstood is kin to 2-year-old filly Temple Princess GOFORB). O-Team Valor International; B-Ronald G McPeek (Temple Princess), who missed by a neck when third at 40-1 in (KY); T-Mark E Casse. $15,000. her Sept. 4 debut over the Del Mar Turf. Jodys Deelite is the dam of a yearling filly by Liaison, a weanling filly by Jimmy Creed 3--Kitten's Cat, 118, c, 3, Kitten's Joy--Brushwork, by Discreet and was most recently bred to Flat Out. Click for more on owner Cat. O/B-Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey (KY); T-Michael J Maker. Staton Flurry from Joe Bianca. Click for the Equibase.com chart. $7,500. PAGO HOP S., $74,250, FG, 12-30, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:36.14, fm. EQB cardio client • www.EQB.com 1--HALLIE BELLE, 118, f, 3, Medaglia d=Oro--Charity Belle (G3SW, $76,496), by Empire Maker. Margins: 1 3/4, 3/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.50, 6.80, 14.00. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Godolphin, LLC; B-Darley (KY); Also Ran: Just Move On, Cowboy Culture, It's Your Nickel, T-Michael Stidham; J-Robby Albarado. $45,000. Lifetime Caribou Club, Big Bend, Oxford Lane, Don'task Don'ttell, St. Record: 5-3-1-0, $119,300. Louie Guy. Scratched: Balandeen, Cedartown, Uncontested. 2--Into Summer, 116, f, 3, Into Mischief--Summertime, by Siberian Summer. ($90,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Brad Grady; B-Wira Family Limited Partnership (KY); T-Joe Sharp. $15,000.
Trained at Grand Oaks Equine Training Center LLC, Bobby Dodd Agent 3--Sensitive, 118, f, 3, Divine Park--Kittery Point, by Include. ($475,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-LNJ Foxwoods; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $7,500. Margins: NK, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 3.70, 5.60, 1.90. Also Ran: Fault, Sully's Dream, Hotshot Anna, Rum Go, Gentle Kitten. Scratched: Farrell, Magic Joan, Sky Flower, Bella Bella, Mr. Al's Gal, Oh So Terrible, I'm Betty G, Righteous Ruth. Hallie Belle, a maiden winner on her third try at Keeneland Oct. 21, answered right back with a victory against winners Mr. Misunderstood | Lou Hodges photography locally Nov. 24. Cont. p8 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 8 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Pago Hop S. cont. Friday Night=s Results: The 7-2 shot sat a perfect stalking trip right behind the dueling 9th-DED, $40,000, (S), Alw, 12-29, (NW2L), 2yo, f, 5f, :59.10, ft. pacesetters through moderate fractions of :24.18 and :48.11. LA MISTAKE (f, 2, Bind--Guculka Ksenya, by Lion Heart) The bay ranged alongside the leaders at the quarter pole while debuted a comfortable 3 3/4-length winner over track and trip traveling three wide, opened up to lead clear inside the final Nov. 17, and attended the pace off the inside here before furlong and had to hold off a charge up the rail by Into Summer drawing off a head-turning 7 1/4-length winner at 2-5 odds. My for the score. Hallie Belle is the first stakes winner out of Charity Belle, who Cowgirl (Lion Tamer) was second. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, is a half to Peruvian MG1SP Spicer Boy (Lemon Drop Kid). She $45,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored also has a weanling filly by City Zip and visited Street Boss this by Fasig-Tipton. season. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O/B-Cantrell Family Partnership (LA); T-Brett A. Brinkman.
Handle, Field Size Increase for Hawthorne Fall Meet: Despite a rain-filled opening two months of the fall Thoroughbred meet at Hawthorne and a cancellation of the closing-day card due to extreme cold temperatures, both handle and field size saw significant increases as the meet concluded Dec. 29. Total daily handle for 36-day fall meet averaged $1,708,081, up 9.17% from the $1,564,655 wagered per racing day in the fall of 2016. While the poor weather led to a slight onsite decrease of 5% from $54,031 per card in 2016 to $51,284 per card this fall, in-state handle rose 3.74%, $105,305 this fall compared to $101,510 in the fall of 2016. Out-of-state handle on Hawthorne's races rose 10%, increasing to $1,551,492 this fall versus $1,409,114 wagered per day in the fall of 2016.
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7th-FG, $43,000, Alw, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($17,500), 12-30, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:44.62, ft. HAN SENSE (c, 3, Hansen--Humble Retha {MSW & GSP, Saturday=s Results: $102,955}, by Siberian Pine) hasn=t known anything but stakes 1st-SA, $56,415, Msw, 12-30, 2yo, f, 6 1/2fT, 1:13.28, fm. company in his career as he graduated in the Iowa Cradle S. and PROUD HEROINE (f, 2, Proud Citizen--Hollywood Heroine, by was exiting a runner-up performance in the Iowa Breeders Medaglia d'Oro), fifth in her debut at Del Mar Aug. 6, set the Derby Aug. 12 at Prairie Meadows. The 5-1 shot settled in pace early in her latest but faded to third here Oct. 15. midpack heading towards the first turn. The $125,000 Fasig- Switching to the turf for the first time, the 5-2 favorite broke Tipton July purchase rallied three wide around the far turn and sharply and settled just to the outside of pacesetter Classy took the lead at the quarter pole before opening up in the Atlantic (Stormy Atlantic) down the hill. The two of them stretch to a 4 3/4-length victory. Tapsolute (Tapit) completed continued to do battle at the quarter pole with Proud Heroine the exacta. Han Sense is a half to Humble Janet (Humble Eleven), MGSP, $189,050. Their dam is a half to MGSW Humble slowly grinding away at the margin before taking command Clerk (Humble Eleven). Lifetime Record: MGSP, 12-2-4-0, inside the quarter pole and graduating by 3/4 of a length. Proud $196,965. Click for the Equibase.com chart. Heroine=s second dam is MGISW Hollywood Story (Wild Rush), O-Kendall E. Hansen; B-H. Allen Poindexter (IA); T-Michael J. This is the first winner out of Hollywood Heroine, who has a Maker. yearling colt named Giant Hero (Giant=s Causeway) and visited Honor Code this year. Sales history: $16,000 RNA Ylg '16 FTKOCT. Saturday Cancellations Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-1, $39,600. Click for the Equibase.com AQUEDUCT (AFTER RACE 4) chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. HAWTHORNE O/B-George Krikorian (KY); T-Tim Yakteen. LAUREL (AFTER RACE 7) Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency TURFWAY TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 9 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
2nd-SA, $54,690, Msw, 12-30, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:46.42, ft. PEACE (c, 2, Violence--Queen's Triomphe {SW & GSP, $162,193}, by Cure the Blues) debuted with a runner-up effort to >TDN Rising Star= and subsequent GSP Mourinho (Super Saver) going six panels here Sept. 30 and missed by a head after Saturday=s Results: battling with Shivermetimbers (Shanghai Bobby) the length of LASENORA S., $85,000, SUN, 12-30, (S), 2yo, f, 6f, 1:09.16, ft. the Del Mar stretch when trying a mile for the first time Nov. 23. 1--FAST GATOR, 120, f, 2, by Diabolical Away in good order from gate one, Peace eased back into fourth 1st Dam: Gator Prowl (SW, $106,000), by Roar of the Tiger behind the leading trio. Guided off the inside and into the three 2nd Dam: Reed and Rite, by Notebook 3rd Dam: Future Answer, by Copelan path as the stretch loomed, the gray plugged away down the O/B-J. Kirk & Judy Robison (NM); T-Henry Dominguez; J-Ry center, hit the front inside the final sixteenth and inched clear to Eikleberry. $51,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $204,785. take it by three-parts of a length as the 7-10 chalk. Juddmonte=s 2--Country Club Cutie, 120, f, 2, Quinton's Gold--Grand Julie, by Regulate (Quality Road) was a luckless second after sitting three Le Grande Danseur. O-J. D., Barbara & Jay Barton; B-Steve & wide the trip and covering 42 feet (about 4 1/2 lengths) more Susie Prather (NM); T-Dallas J. Barton. $17,000. than the winner according to Trakus data. The 32nd first-crop 3--Money Order, 120, f, 2, Attila's Storm--Paga (Arg), by winner for his freshman sire (by Medaglia d=Oro), Peace was a Montreal Marty. O-R. D. Hubbard; B-R. D. Hubbard (NM); $37,000 KEENOV buyback and $50,000 FTKJUL yearling. Resold T-Todd W. Fincher. $8,500. for $75,000 at FTKOCT, he breezed a quarter-mile in :21 3/5 and Margins: HF, 2 1/4, 4. Odds: 0.80, 15.20, 6.60. fetched $280,000 at this year=s OBSAPR sale. Peace is the last Also Ran: Poseidon Aquarius, Roll Tech Roll, McGoldie, Movin listed produce for his New York-bred dam. Lifetime Record: On, Ghost of Creebear, Infinite Bloom, Prissy Bay. 3-1-2-0, $52,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Fast Gator made fast work of a pair of races at Ruidoso to start sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. her career, and followed up with a 3 1/2-length tally last time in O-Spendthrift Farm LLC and Town & Country Racing LLC; the New Mexico Classic Cup Lassie Championship S. at Zia B-Grade I Bloodstock & Tony Holmes (KY); T-Richard E Mandella. Oct. 29. The heavy chalk dueled from the rail throughout and dug in determinedly to further pad her bankroll. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. nbs SUCCESS
Sunday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:32 p.m. ET BLUE NORTHER S., $75,000, 2yo, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Treasuring (GB) Havana Gold (Ire) Maragh Callaghan 7-2 2 X S Gold Golden Balls (Ire) Desormeaux Cassidy 20-1 3 Retro Giant’s Causeway Smith Mandella 3-1 4 Holy Diver Hat Trick (Jpn) Linares Stutts 50-1 First-crop starters to watch: Sunday, December 31 5 Deep Breath (Ire) Bated Breath (GB) Conner Harty 20-1 Farm and fee represent current information 6 Empress of Lov Empire Way Pereira Sherlock 30-1 Brethren (Distorted Humor), Pleasant Acres Stallions, $6,000 7 Silken Spy The Factor Pedroza Kruljac 6-1 37 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners 8 Streak of Luck Old Fashioned Puglisi Chew 20-1 3-FG, $96K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, FEISTY EMBRACE, 8-1 9 One Fast Broad Decarchy Stevens Ruis 7-2 $4,700 RNA OBS WIN yrl 10 Ippodamia’s Girl Stormy Atlantic Bejarano Puype 4-1 11 Multiplayer Giant’s Causeway Baze Yakteen 10-1 Denman (AUS) (Lonhro {Aus}), Darley, $15,000 Also Eligible: 47 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners 12 Finess Bere (Fr) Pedro the Great Van Dyke Baffert 5-1 7-TP, Aoc 1m, ANGASTON, 6-1 13 Mraseel (Ire) Sir Prancealot (Ire) Quinonez Baltas 6-1 $30,000 FTK JUL yrl
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Flat Out (Flatter), Spendthrift Farm, $10,000 Power Broker (Pulpit), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $10,000 104 foals of racing age/19 winners/1 black-type winner 56 foals of racing age/15 winners/0 black-type winners 7-LRL, Aoc 1m, THREES OVER DEUCES, 6-1 7-SA, Msw 6f, OSHOTO, 15-1 $30,000 KEE SEP yrl
Freedom Child (Malibu Moon), Country Life Farm, $3,500 Raison d'Etat (A.P. Indy), Calumet Farm, $15,000 36 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner 19 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners 7-LRL, Aoc 1m, NICO BREE N TEEJ, 8-5 11-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, LASCAUX, 20-1 $9,000 EAS OCT yrl Smiling Tiger (Hold That Tiger), Harris Farms, $5,000 Havana Gold (IRE) (Teofilo {Ire}), Tweenhills Farm & Stud, $8,500 73 foals of racing age/7 winners/1 black-type winner 104 foals of racing age/23 winners/2 black-type winners 7-SA, Msw 6f, Z Z TIGER, 5-2 9-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, TREASURING (GB), 7-2 $130,000 BAR SEL yrl 32,000gns TAT FOA wnl
Liaison (Indian Charlie), Spendthrift Farm, $10,000 Soldat (War Front), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $5,000 77 foals of racing age/11 winners/2 black-type winners 88 foals of racing age/12 winners/0 black-type winners 7-LRL, Aoc 1m, SWINGSTAGE, 20-1 6-GP, Msw 1mT, CHARCUTERIE, 20-1 $20,000 EAS OCT yrl $155,000 OBS AUG yrl 6-GP, Msw 1mT, SOLDAT THE TOP, 6-1 Paynter (Awesome Again), WinStar Farm, $25,000 $300,000 OBS APR 2yo 95 foals of racing age/13 winners/1 black-type winner 7-TP, Aoc 1m, TWO GRAND, 30-1 8-TP, Msw 6 1/2f, DON'T TELL LYDIA, 12-1 $1,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl $5,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $8,000 E '17 KEE JAN
Treasure Beach (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Pleasant Acres Stallions, Pedro the Great (Henrythenavigator), Haras de la Haie Neuve, $3,000 $10,000 35 foals of racing age/7 winners/2 black-type winners 9-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, FINESS BERE (FR), 5-1 66 foals of racing age/14 winners/0 black-type winners i20,000 OSL ATE yrl; i90,000 ARA RC 2yo 6-GP, Msw 1mT, GALILEO'S AFFAIR, 15-1 $37,000 OBS APR 2yo Point of Entry (Dynaformer), Adena Springs, $25,000 78 foals of racing age/10 winners/2 black-type winners Violence (Medaglia d'Oro), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $15,000 11-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, THE ROBERT, 6-1 126 foals of racing age/32 winners/4 black-type winners $100,000 KEE SEP yrl 7-TP, Aoc 1m, VIOLENT STRIKE, 2-1 11-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, SOURDOUGH, 5-1 $55,000 KEE NOV wnl; $100,000 OBS MAR 2yo
Wrote (IRE) (High Chaparral {Ire}), Northwest Stud, $4,000 27 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 6-GP, Msw 1mT, WRITTEN, 20-1 $15,000 OBS OPN 2yo
Second-crop starters to watch: Sunday, December 31 Farm and fee represent current information Bated Breath (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Banstead Manor Stud, $8,000 211 foals of racing age/60 winners/2 black-type winners 9-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, DEEP BREATH (IRE), 20-1 i10,000 GOF NOV wnl
Bodemeister (Empire Maker), WinStar Farm, $30,000 262 foals of racing age/71 winners/5 black-type winners 1-AQU, Msw 7f, HAPPY HAT, 15-1 Point of Entry has two chances in Gulfstream=s finale Sunday $17,000 KEE SEP yrl; $140,000 RNA OBS APR 2yo Adena Springs Photo TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 11 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Calibrachoa (Southern Image), Red River Farms, unknown 33 foals of racing age/8 winners/0 black-type winners 7-FG, $104K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, CALIMOR, 30-1 BREEDERS’ EDITION $20,000 OBS AUG yrl
Dominus (Smart Strike), Spendthrift Farm, $6,500 STAKES RESULTS: 85 foals of racing age/29 winners/3 black-type winners JENNINGS S., $75,000, LRL, 12-30, (S), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:36.36, ft. 9-SUN, $65K Bold Ego H., 5 1/2f, MOUNTAIN GODDESS, 10-1 1--JOHN JONES, 118, g, 5, Smarty Jones--Chrusciki (MSW, $22,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl $322,828), by Polish Numbers. O-Matthew Schera; B-Nancy Lee Farms (MD); T-Lacey Gaudet; J-Edgar S. Prado. $45,000. Empire Way (Empire Maker), Lovacres Ranch, $5,000 Lifetime Record: 24-9-1-1, $384,666. 57 foals of racing age/14 winners/0 black-type winners 9-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, EMPRESS OF LOV, 30-1 7-SA, Msw 6f, INLAND EMPIRE, 7-2 2--Bridget's Big Luvy, 118, g, 5, Tiz Wonderful--Memories of Mystic, by Dixie Union. ($175,000 Ylg '13 EASSEP; $149,000 The Factor (War Front), JBBA Stallion Station, $15,000 RNA 2yo '14 EASMAY). O-Bing Cherry Racing; B-Dark Hollow 219 foals of racing age/78 winners/8 black-type winners Farm (MD); T-Michael V. Pino. $15,000. 9-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, SILKEN SPY, 6-1 $37,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl 3--Rockinn On Bye, 118, g, 6, Rock Hard Ten--Welcome Inn, by
Orientate. ($6,500 Ylg '12 EASSEP). O-Stephen R. Ferguson; Indian Firewater (Indian Charlie), Doubletree Farm, $3,000 52 foals of racing age/17 winners/2 black-type winners B-Sycamore Hall Farm LLC (MD); T-Stephen M. Casey. $7,500. 8-SUN, $85K Four Rivers John Deere S., 6f, INDIAN JACK, 5-1 Margins: 2 1/4, 1, NK. Odds: 1.90, 11.80, 5.50. 8-SUN, $85K Four Rivers John Deere S., 6f, KRIS WHO, 3-1 POLITELY S., $75,000, LRL, 12-30, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.82, ft. Redding Colliery (Mineshaft), Red River Farms, $2,000 1--MY MAGICIAN, 120, m, 5, Street Magician--My Rib, by 66 foals of racing age/24 winners/0 black-type winners Partner's Hero. ($17,000 Ylg '13 EASSEP). 7-FG, $104K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, POUND FOR POUND, 8-1 O-Euro Stable; B-Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Bowman, Brooke C. $5,000 ESL YRL yrl 7-FG, $104K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, PRAYER BOY, 20-1 Bowman & R. Larry Johnson (MD); T-Claudio A. Gonzalez; $4,000 ESL YRL yrl J-Jomar Torres. $45,000. Lifetime Record: SW, 29-7-3-7, $389,442. Sir Prancealot (IRE) (Tamayuz {GB}), Tally-Ho Stud, $6,000 148 foals of racing age/69 winners/2 black-type winners 2--Renaissance Rosie, 118, m, 5, Jump Start--Barouchka, by Not 9-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, MRASEEL (IRE), 6-1 For Love. ($35,000 Ylg '13 EASSEP). O-Robert L. Cole, Jr.; ,62,000 GOU KPR yrl; 27,000gns I '17 TAT AHI B-Cary W. Jackson - Estate (MD); T-Kevin S. Patterson.
Star Guitar (Quiet American), Clear Creek Stud, $4,000 $15,000. 80 foals of racing age/32 winners/4 black-type winners 7-FG, $104K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, DIVINE BEAN, 9-2 3--Up Hill Battle, 118, f, 4, Street Magician--Pennyhill, by Saint 7-FG, $104K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, GIVEMEAMINIT, 3-1 Ballado. O-Danny A. Limongelli; B-Johnson Brothers Stable $20,000 RNA ESL YRL yrl (VA); T-Hugh I. McMahon. $7,500. 3-FG, $96K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, IONA STAR, 9-2 Margins: NK, 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.80, 1.70, 5.50. 3-FG, $96K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, MINIT TO STARDOM, 6-5 7-FG, $104K Louisiana Futurity, 6f, MY FIRST GUITAR, 50-1 $8,000 RNA ESL YRL yrl PRAIRIE BAYOU S., $50,000, TP, 12-29, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:44.04, ft. To Honor and Serve (Bernardini), Gainesway Farm, $20,000 1--ROYAL SON, 120, g, 5, Tiznow--Mama Nadine (SW), by A.P. 173 foals of racing age/69 winners/1 black-type winner Indy. ($130,000 3yo '15 KEENOV). O-Sweet Home Stables & 5-LRL, Msw 6f, GLOBAL CITIZEN, 3-1 Mark Parkinson; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Kellyn Gorder; J-Dean A. Sarvis. $30,690. Lifetime Record: GSP, 22-6-4-2, $321,605.
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Prairie Bayou S. cont. Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) Lifetime Record: 12-3-1-1, $72,665. 2--Dac, 120, g, 6, Distorted Humor--Corrazona, by El Gran Senor. O-Blazing Meadows Farm LLC, Capehart Equine, Southern Tier O-Sarinana Racing, LLC; B-Wertheimer Et Frere (KY); T-Jeff Racing & B. Berger; B-Blazing Meadows Farm (OH); T-Timothy E. Engler. $9,900. Hamm. 3--Zulu Alpha, 120, g, 4, Street Cry (Ire)--Zori, by A.P. Indy. O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Jose Fernandez. $4,950. 6th-MVR, $25,000, 12-30, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y, Margins: 7 1/4, 4HF, NK. Odds: 0.80, 20.80, 12.90. 1:41.41, ft. IF YOU BELIEVE (f, 4, Hard Spun--Mountain Rose, by Distorted ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Humor) Lifetime Record: 27-7-3-4, $88,061. 3rd-AQU, $78,400, (C)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 12-30, 3yo/up, 1m, O-Tracey J. Wisner; B-White Fox Farms (KY); T-Shane M. Spiess. 1:38.36, ft. *$42,000 RNA Ylg '14 FTKJUL. VULCAN'S FORGE (c, 4, Giant's Causeway--Possibly a Ten, by Seeking the Gold) Lifetime Record: 15-4-1-4, $244,583. O-L. 5th-MVR, $24,000, 12-30, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:40.91, ft. William & Corinne Heiligbrodt & Team Valor International; FRANCO (g, 3, Talent Search--Julep Tulip, by Flower Alley) B-Gabriel Duignan, Crosshaven Bloodstock,Petaluma Bloodstock, Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0, $34,700. O-Bryan Porter; B-J. C. Davis Ashleigh Stud (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. *$190,000 Ylg '14 Farm, Inc. (KY); T-Craig Sweeting. *$1,500 Ylg '15 FTKOCT. KEESEP; $290,000 RNA 2yo '15 FTFMAR; $150,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: The Last Milly, f, 2, A Giant Valentine--Sister Milly (MSW, Stephens Thoroughbreds Graduate • 352.812.5399 $210,615), by Piker. MVR, 12-30, (S), 6f, 1:12.71. B-South River Ranch Inc (OH). *1/2 to Just Michel (Pacific Waves), MSW, 7th-SA, $62,756, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 12-29, 3yo/up, $419,323; Ramblin Mike (Mahogany Hall), MSP, $242,794. f/m, 6f, 1:10.59, ft. Dotthei, f, 2, Haynesfield--Jensens Score, by Even the Score. LAKE TIME (f, 3, Tapizar--Doe {MSW, $216,547}, by Forestry) MVR, 12-30, (S), 6f, 1:12.41. B-Steve M DeMaiolo (OH). *1/2 to Lifetime Record: 11-2-1-5, $125,565. O-Mary C. & James P. Abel; Moves Like Ali (Maclean=s Music), GSP, $120,242. B-Alberta Davies (KY); T-J. Eric Kruljac. *$75,000 Wlg '14 Sizzling Evening, g, 2, Indian Evening--Sizzling Gold, by Formal KEENOV; $140,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Gold. GG, 12-30, 5 1/2f (AWT), 1:03.79. B-Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (CA). *1ST-TIME STARTER. **4th winner for 8th-PRX, $48,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 12-30, 3yo/up, freshman sire (by Indian Charlie). f/m, 6f, 1:08.60, ft. Fame Feather, f, 2, Lion Tamer--Pretty Indian, by Indian Charlie. TAZKEYA (f, 3, Blame--Habibti {MGISW, $564,851}, by Tabasco FG, 12-30, (S), 5 1/2fT, 1:03.87. B-Ramona M. Pierce (LA). Cat) Lifetime Record: MGSW, 8-3-3-0, $113,300. O-Shadwell *$10,000 Ylg '16 ESLYRL. **1/2 to Chief Lion (Wildcat Heir), Stables; B-Shadwell Farm, LLC (KY); T-Michael V. Pino. *1/2 to MGSP, $718,941; & Ramona=s Wildcat (Wildcat Heir), SW, Eldaafer (A.P. Indy), MGSW, $1,031,835; Muhaawara $243,500. (Unbridled=s Song), SW, $131,297. Sea Emperor, g, 2, Roman Emperor--Sea Sis, by Al Mamoon. SUN, 12-30, (S), 1m, 1:37.81. B-Gallegos del Norte Racing 3rd-SUN, $37,000, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 12-30, 3yo/up, (NM). *1ST-TIME STARTER. **1/2 to La Sorpresa (Valet Man), f/m, 1m, 1:36.82, ft. MSW, $419,083. DESERT STEPPER (m, 5, Desert God--Thanks for Smokin, by Future Ruler, g, 2, Ruler's Court--P J Prado, by El Prado (Ire). FG, Smoke Glacken) Lifetime Record: 21-5-6-2, $166,038. 12-29, (S), 5 1/2fT, 1:04.26. B-Clifford Grum (LA). *$3,800 Ylg O-H Joe Allen & L Squared Racing LLC.; B-Joe Allen (NM); T-Joel '16 ESLYRL. H. Marr. *$11,000 Ylg '13 RUIMIX. **Full to Zasha, SW, Bid List, f, 3, Ghostzapper--Gift List, by Bernardini. DED, 12-29, $382,623. 1m, 1:42.18. B-W. S. Farish, BCWT, Ltd. & Inwood Stable (KY). *$140,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Hip 1528 - sells at KEEJAN with INDIAN CREEK 5th-PEN, $33,300, (S), 12-29, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:09.29, ft. OUR BRUCE EDWIN (g, 3, Tiz Wonderful--She's Hot Stuff, by Not For Love) Lifetime Record: 15-3-5-2, $90,738. Louisiana Moon, c, 3, Malibu Moon--Hildegarde, by O-Harry R. Hoglander; B-Howard C. Schaeffer Jr. & Scott C. Kemp Ghostzapper. DED, 12-30, 1m, 1:42.87. B-Bojangle's Stables, (PA); T-T. Bernard Houghton. *$10,000 Ylg '15 EASOCT. LLC (LA). Fashion Bid, f, 3, Old Fashioned--Biduadeau {MSP, $196,456}, 4th-MVR, $31,200, (S), 12-30, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.09, by A. P. Delta. FG, 12-29, (S), 6f, 1:12.83. B-Valene Farms, LLC ft. (LA). *$47,000 RNA Ylg '15 BSCYRL. RADIANT BLING (f, 3, Too Much Bling--Radiant Sky, by